Miles Davis is a jazz musician trumpeter, bandleader and a composer. He died in 1991 and was born in 1926, he is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music. He made albums and ones called “kind of blue”. The instrument he played was the trumpet.
The artist who was featured on “kind of blues” was John Coltrane, he as the tenor saxophonist ,alto saxophonist Julian Adderley, he was also alto saxophonist, Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly, was the pianists and there was Paul Chambers as the bassist , the drummer was Jimmy Cobb and, of course, trumpeter was Miles Davis. This album came out in 17th of august 1959 and what made it different was because it is based entirely on modality, diverging from Davis’s earlier hard bop style of jazz with its complex chord progression and improvisation. The entire album was a series of modal sketches, with each performer given a set of scales that encompassed the parameters of their improvisation and style.
A 12 bar blues is number of measures or musical bars which is used to express the theme of a typical song. Here is some examples of some songs that used a 12 bar :
Rock around the clock by Bill Harley and his comets.
Something like Olivia by John Mayer.
Give me one reason by Tracy Chapman.
RANDOM FACTS ABOUT THE 50`S!
Racial tensions were being strained with the beginning of the civil rights movement and music reflected many of those tensions.
A lot of people believe that during the fifties many of the white artists stole music from African-Americans and capitalized on it for their own benefit in a way that the original artists could not. Others believe that the popularization of R&B and Rock ‘n’ Roll only helped to bridge the gap between blacks and whites.
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Beatles-i want to hold your hand.
The song was made up from verse chorus structure then middle there’s an intro and outro. The song came out in 29th November 1963, the time signature is 4\4. This is what the Beatles did John Lennon did vocals whilst rhythm on guitar and also handclaps. Paul McCartney also did vocals but he did bass guitar and hand claps, George Harrison was lead guitar and he also did handclaps, Ringo Starr drummed and he also handclaps. This song was one of there popular songs.
Beatles- tomorrow never knows.
The structure of the song is verse chorus. The instrument played were john Lennon vocals and Hammond organ and melodeon, Paul McCartney played bass and tape loops, George Harrison played a sitar and Tambura and tape loops and Ringo Starr playing drums and Tambureen and finally George martin on piano . the song came out in 1966 and the time signature was 6/8. The instruments that are used they are exactly what you hear .
SIR DUKE
The time signature is 4:4 the key is f# and the tempo is 107 and the instruments that was used was a cowbell and trumpet , also vocals, bass and guitar its a tribute to duke cannons jazz band leader, this song “sir duke ” came out in 1977 and its quite jazz and up beat.
I WISH
The time signature in Stevie wonders song “i wish” is 4:4 , which came out in 1976 however the key of the piece is D♭ Major / B♭ Minor, although the bridge of the piece is slightly different yet still in the same key. The instruments use was drums , bass also a alto sax and of course vocals .This song is similar to sir duke because how up beat and fun it is .
Stevie wonder realised this songs with his album “songs in key of life “
This is his album cover :
facts about 60`s !
In the 60`s there was Pop and rock groups such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Kinks, the Dave Clark Five, Herman’s Hermits, The Hollies, The Swinging Blue Jeans and the Animals were at the forefront of the invasion. These bands was invading America. The TV show that they was on was BBC 2 .
The fashion in 60s was a cute style for women they wore casual dress became more unisex and often consisted of plaid button down shirts worn with slim blue jeans, comfortable slacks, or skirts.
There was also a counterculture movement if you was dressed a certain way in east you were considered anti soviet. “Make Love Not War “, protest against Vietnam.
The band holds many musical records to this day reflecting album sales and number one singles and they’re music remains some of the most popular of all time. The Beatles dominated worldwide charts from that point in time until they broke up in 1970.
Facts about 70`s!
Led zeppelin: had 8 number one albums in the UK, 6 number one albums in the US . Jimmy pages blues and folk routes , heard in the introduction and solo of stair way.
Black Sabbath: Routes of metal music, was originally named earth and changed his name to the Boris Karloff horror movie. it was a lot of gothic elements in there music and also the guitarist Toni Lommis finger is a big part of the bands tone because he has a metal finger.
Punk band sex pistol is a band that did a concert in 1976 that brought together joy devision and the smiths , they wore safety pins as piecing’s and had a lot of tattoos .
Disco: they wore bell bottoms pants, silk shirts. It was illegal for 2 men to dance together up till 1969. I’m coming out was inspired by a disco night club . The disco theme started in New York . The singing Gloria Gaynor was a popular singing and her songs still go on now.
In the 70`s ABBA did a hit and it`s “super trooper” and also “dancing queen ” which was also a great hit and still is now.
1980`s
LIVE AID
1985 concert july 13th, many famous people attended, raised over £127million
Berlin wall
The Hoff attended, bloody Sunday British soldiers shot Irish protesters in northern island, and no trial came of it but with 2 investigations
Lets dance- bowie song with Stevie ray Vaughn on guitar
Wanted reverb – made drums sound more punchy . Discovered by producer – sound of the 80s, made with echo chambers which were quite expensive.
Music .
Throughout the 1980`s music was a lot of rock . The 1980s saw the emergence of dance music and new wave. As disco fell out of fashion in the decade’s early years, genres such as post-disco, Italo disco, Euro disco and dance-pop became more popular. Rock music continued to enjoy a wide audience. Rock was a very popular genre .
How its changed!
The music compared to then vs now it quite different there’s a lot more music genres, back then was disco and rock was the main kind of music , now there pop, sad, rave music ,country music ,jazz , there still songs from the 198o , more people now like listening to 80`s music more than what we have now.
The most significant change in music production is that artists no longer require a studio to record. Music would be recorded in a live performance while producers simultaneously mixed the music. As technology rapidly evolved in the 50`s and 60`s, there was a shift from live-mixing to multi track recording.
Technology has completely change because back then they could change the pitch or tone of there voice now they can do that and a lot more with the technology we have.
1990’s music.
In the 1990’s the music was mostly about jazz and funk also hip hop soul also rap, reggae, contemporary R&B and urban music in general remained extremely popular throughout the decade.
There also was a band called oasis , which are still very well known now. Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Developed from an earlier group, the Rain, the band originally consisted of Liam Gallagher (lead vocals, tambourine), Paul Arthur (guitar), Paul McGuigan (bass guitar), and Tony McCarroll (drums).
Grunge is an alternative rock genre and subculture that emerged during the mid-1980s in the American Pacific Northwest state of Washington, particularly in Seattle and nearby towns. The style became known as a hybrid of punk and metal.
In 1990s there was a thing called grunge which was loads of bands like: Nirvana, pearl jam , soundgarden, Seattle and things involved was unpolished lo-fi sounding recordings and distortions, they borrowed from other bands.
Rap was quite popular and still is now and some rappers from the 90s are very well known now like Eminem and snoop dogg. There was also pop going on and its very popular now.
Critical listening 1990s
My top three bands/artist from the 90s are Whitney Houston, Eminem and radio Head.
In the song “give it away” by the band red hot chilli peppers, there is 4:4 time signature , the structure is verse chorus and the time of the song is 4 minuets and 43 seconds. The instruments used are flea used base and scream, John Frusciante is lead and rhythm guitar , Anthony Kiedis did vocals and Chad smith did drums and tambourine .
Music that’s was famous in the 2000s was my rap and pop , the singers like snoop dog and Eminem , which was very popular Eminem was the most popular artist going though out that time and still is now same as Kanye west .
Despite the hip hop dominance rock music was still popular, notably alternative rock, and especially genres such as post grunge, post Britpop, nu metal, pop punk, emo, post hardcore, metalcore, and in some cases indie rock the early and mid 2000s saw a resurgence in the mainstream popularity of pop rock and power pop.
Critical listening 2000`s
Rihanna – umbrella.
The song umbrella is about her having good times and bad time with her boyfriend. The song is a pop song and she banned performing umbrella at live performances because people would bring umbrella and her fans would get hurt and she didn’t want that. The song was 4/4. The song started with the drums leading JayZ by starting his vocals then Rihanna following after and starts singing. Then a bass line comes in. Umbrellas was realised in 2002 , it was her best selling single , she has 600000copied sold.
I got a feeling – black eyed peas
The songs ” i got a feeling ” is about having fun and just having a good time and when you get that feeling of excitement was there goal to get you in a good mood. This song along aside of “boom boom pow” there other song was there longest run on the billboard. The song was number one for 14 weeks. The time signature was 4/4. The song only has three instrument a double bass and drum kit also a grand piano. Its started with the piano and then in with the bass and then the drums , then the singer William Adams . it was realsed in 2009 . It was a banger and still is now .